The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City